'Labour' är korshänvisat med ''Labour''. Termen finns i en eller i flera av raderna nedan. 'Labour' is cross-referenced with ''Labour''. It is in one or more of the lines below.
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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
labor (US),
labour (UK) n | (hard work) | hårt arbete s |
| | | slit, möda s |
| | | kroppsarbete s |
| | (slang) | hundgöra s |
| | Only dedicated labor will make this project successful. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) n | (childbirth) | förlossning s |
| | Megan's labor lasted only two hours before the baby was delivered. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) n | uncountable (workers) | arbetare s |
| | | arbetskraft s |
| | The factory will need to hire more labor to fill these orders. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) n | (work) | arbete s |
| | (vardagligt) | jobb s |
| | This project represents several days' labour. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) vi | (do hard work) | arbeta hårt vitr |
| | | slita, slita ont vitr |
| | Medieval peasants spent their whole lives laboring. |
labor to do [sth] (US),
labour to do [sth] (UK) v expr | (work to achieve [sth]) (vardagligt) | jobba för att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | arbeta för att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | All the translators labor to make the dictionary as good as possible. |
Sammansatta former:
labor | Labour |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
be in labor (US),
be in labour (UK) v expr | (be in process of giving birth) | ha värkar vtr + spl |
| | (vardagligt) | hålla på att föda barn vbal uttr |
child labor (US),
child labour (UK) n | (children: forced working) | barnarbete s |
| | Child labor is still prevalent in some Third World countries. |
day labor (US),
day labour (UK) n | US (work: paid by the day) | arbete med daglön s |
| | Day labor is a growing part of the informal economy in the United States. |
division of labor (US),
division of labour (UK) n | (delegation of tasks) | arbetsfördelning s |
| | Assembly lines are extreme examples of division of labor. |
emotional labor (US),
emotional labour (UK) n | (meeting social and family demands) | emotionellt arbete s |
| | | familjeliv s |
emotional labor (US),
emotional labour (UK) n | (hiding feelings for professional reasons) | emotionellt arbete s |
| | | förträngande av känslor s |
labor camp (US),
labour camp (UK) n | (enforced work camp) | arbetsläger s |
| | The government sent Maisky to a labour camp in Siberia. |
labor contract (US),
labour contract (UK) n | (employment agreement) | anställningsavtal s |
| | The teachers are hoping to negotiate a more equitable labor contract this year. |
labor force (US),
labour force (UK) n | (workforce: employable people) | arbetskraft s |
| | The size of the labor force increases when school closes for the summer. |
labor market (US),
labour market (UK) n | (available employees) | arbetsmarknad s |
| | (vardagligt) | jobbmarknad s |
labor pains (US),
labour pains (UK) npl | (childbirth: contractions) | värkar spl |
| | Rosemary suffered severe labour pains as she was giving birth. |
labor relations (US),
labour relations (UK) npl | (worker-employer relationship) | arbetsrelationer spl |
| | Labor relations are difficult if workers can be fired at any time for cause, or for no reason at all. |
labor under [sth] (US),
labour under [sth] (UK) vi + prep | used in expressions (mistakenly believe) | arbeta under vtr + prep |
| | | utgå från felaktiga premisser vbal uttr |
| Anmärkning: Commonly followed by: the illusion, the misapprehension, a mistaken belief, etc. |
| | The company is labouring under the illusion that it can take shortcuts to get the results it wants. |
labor union (US),
labour union (UK) n | (trade union, syndicate) | fackförening s |
| | The labor unions were created to protect workers from unfair working conditions. |
laborsaving,
labor-saving (US),
labour-saving (UK) adj | (designed to make a job easier) | arbetssparande adj |
| | | kraftsparande adj |
manual labor (US),
manual labour (UK) n | (work carried out by hand) | kroppsarbete s |
| | | manuellt arbete adj + s |
| | Although machines are used to produce most goods, repairing them is still done mostly by manual labor. |
organized labor (US),
organized labour,
organised labour (UK) n | (workers belonging to a union) | fackförening s |
| | Economists have long debated the impact of organized labour on workplace productivity. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | (slavery, enforced work) | slavarbete s |
| | Many of the greatest monuments were built by slave labor. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | figurative (low-paid work) (bildlig) | slavarbete s |
| | For many, working in a fast food restaurant is slave labor. |
| | It may be slave labor, but at least it's a job. |
| hard labor n | (physical work done by prisoners) | översättning ej tillgänglig |
| Labor Day n | US (US national holiday) | Labor Day s |
| | Labor Day falls on the first Monday of September. |